Officials: patient does not appear to have ebola but remains in isolation at hospital

Officials: patient does not appear to have ebola but remains in isolation at hospital

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Updated: 7:10 AM EDT Oct 13, 2014

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WEBVTT GET READY FOR SOME SUMMERTIME WARMTH. THIS IS NEWS CENTER NINE AT 11. A PATIENT WITH EBOLA-LIKE SYMPTOMS TRANSPORTED IN THE AMBULANCE. DR. SAY THE PATIENT ñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñóñ IS NOT AT HIGH RISK OF THE DISEASE. EVERY PRECAUTION IS BEING TAKEN. LIVE AT DEACONESS CENTER IN BOSTON. AT THIS POINT DOCTORS SAY THE PATIENT IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED HIGH RISK BY CDC STANDARDS. THEY BELIEVE THERE IS A LOW LIKELIHOOD SHE HAS EBOLA VIRUS. EMERGENCY CREWS ARE DECONTAMINATING AFTER TRANSPORTING A PATIENT WITH EBOLA-LIKE SYMPTOMS. WE ARE TAKING ALL PRECAUTIONS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SUSPECTED EBOLA. IN THE MEANTIME, THE PATIENT REMAINS IN AN ISOLATED PART OF THE HOT THE WITH -- HOSPITAL WITH A PROTECTIVE BARRIER. THE PATIENT WALKED IN, COMPLAINING OF A HEADACHE AND MUSCLE ACHE. HARVARD VANGUARD SAYS OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, THE AUTHORITIES WERE NOTIFIED AND THE PATIENT SENT TO HIS CAR. SOMEONE DROVE THE PATIENT WITH POLICE ESCORT. DENISE, WHO WAS SEVEN MONTHS PREGNANT, DESCRIBES SEVERAL CONFUSING HOURS. PATIENTS WERE TOLD TO GO INTO ROOMS BUT WERE NOT TOLD WHAT THE EMERGENCY WAS. WE DIDN'T GET TO WASH OUR HA

Braintree patient being checked for Ebola

Officials: patient does not appear to have ebola but remains in isolation at hospital